Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary’s Helen H.P.
Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis, specializes
in the Pauline epistles and in Luke-Acts with an emphasis on theological
interpretation. She holds an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in
New York, a Ph.D. from Duke University, an honorary Doctor of Divinity
degree from Kalamazoo College, and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree
from Christian Theological Seminary. She also is an honorary professor
of New Testament at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She is an
ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church. Her courses include Paul’s
Letter to the Romans, The Acts of the Apostles, Sin and Salvation in the
Old and New Testaments (co-taught with Professor Jacqueline Lapsley),
Women and the Letters of Paul, and Paul and Karl (co-taught with
Professor Bruce McCormack.) She is currently at work on a commentary on
Romans for the New Testament Library.